The world’s leaders meet early next week at the United Nations (U.N.) headquarters in New York to adopt the Pact for the ...

MONSANTO AND OTHER GENE GIANTS ARE TRYING TO GAIN CONTROL OF THE WORLD AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY, INCLUDING P.E.I.'S, CITY MEETING TOLD. Tony Clarke, vice-chair of the Council of Canadians, was cited as ...

"Historic evidence shows that Basmati is a distinctive cultivar developed by the farmers of India and Pakistan at least 250 years ago, and grown in many parts in these two countries ever since," says ...

The following are a couple of narrative excerpts from Farm to Family Connection - a weekly radio program written and produced by Class III fellow, Curt Arens of Crofton, NE. They feature the stories ...

Wetlands, now valued by Minnesotans -- but hardly preserved -- were once considered a scourge, here and elsewhere in the eastern United States. In part this was because wetlands impeded settlement.

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) -- The government added Belgian butter to its list of banned foods today, denying residents yet another key ingredient in their increasingly meager diet because of the dioxin ...

A landmark trial in Canada will set a precedent for Monsanto's ability to protect its patents on genetically modified crops, says Scott Morrison. Monsanto, the US life sciences group, has been having ...

LONDON - Planet earth is warming up faster than previously expected, the head of a leading climate research institute said yesterday. Dying forests, expanding deserts and rising sea levels would wreak ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 23 (Reuters) - Farmland Industries said on Thursday it plans to sell its Dubuque, Iowa, pork processing plant to Smithfield Foods Inc. , the largest U.S. pork producer. The all ...

New York (Sept. 18, 2003) - Monsanto's evolution to a company driven by its seeds and traits business is continuing to make measurable progress as the company moves forward on its strategic priorities ...

Geneticists are on the verge of revolutionizing agriculture and medicine in much the same way computers have transformed business. Labs around the world are working on crops that could feed a growing ...